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A. E. GONETY. LADYS WORK BOX.

. No. 587,708. Patented Aug. 10,1897.

VVZZI: 6061 00.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNIS E. CONETY, OF GRAOEDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

LADYS WORK-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,708, dated August10, 1897.

Application filed February 15, 1897- Serial No. 623,534. (No' model.)

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, ANNIS E. CONETY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Gracedale, in the county ofLuzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ladies Work-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to ladies sewing-boxes and to combinedspool-holding, thread-guiding, and threadcutting devices therefor,whereby an assortment of spools of thread may be contained within smallcompass and the end of each thread may be easily picked up and therequired length drawn out and out OK in a very expeditious manner.

In carrying out my invention I arrange within a box provided with asuitable horizontal support therefor a series of devices each consistingof a spindle adapted to receive a spool of thread and having adjacentthereto and connected therewith an arm or standard provided withperforations to receive and hold the end of the thread, so that it maybe easily picked up, and a cutting device for severing the thread whenthe proper length has been drawn out. These devices, consisting of buttwo parts, are simple and inexpensive to construct and form with'the boxa highly useful household article. 7

For a detailed description of the invention reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of asewingbox, showing the arrangement of thread holding and cuttingdevices; and Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of said devices.

In the drawings, A is a box of any suitable dimensions provided with ahorizontal support or partition B, upon which the thread holding andcutting devices are arranged. Below the partition is a drawer O for thereception of the usual sewing paraphernalia, such as needles, buttons,scissors, &c. The partition or support is set into the box, so that thethread-holding devices willnot interfere with the closing of the hingedbox-lid D.

Referring to Fig. 2, E is ametal spindle of the proper diameter to passeasily through a spool. The spindle is mounted in the center of abase-plate F in the form of a disk, preferably made of sheet metal, thedisk being provided with screw-holes G, by which it may be attachedtothe support or partition B. This disk is provided with an integralextension or arm H, which is bent at a right angle at a point I near itsconnection with the baseplate F and extends upward parallel with thespindle E, the distance between the spindle and the arm being sufficientto allow an ordinary spool upon the spindle to turn freely between them.This arm H is longitudinally slit at its upper end, forming fingers Jand K. The finger K is bent at the bottom of the slit, as shown at L,and extends in a direction away from the spindle E. The end of thefinger K is V-shaped and as shown at M, and the edges of the V aresharpened to provide a cutting edge for the thread. A perforation N ismade through the arm H at a point not quite equal to the height of anordinary spool, and the finger J is also provided with a perforation 0near its tip. These thread holding and cutting devices are arrangedwithin the box upon the support B, the cutting-fingers K extendingtoward the back of the box and away from the operator, as shown in Fig.1'. Spools of thread of various kinds are placed upon the'spindles E,

the fiat base-plates F forming smooth surfaces upon which the spools mayturn. The end of the thread is passed through the perforation N, thenceupward upon the outer side of the arm H, and through the perforation 0,so that the end of the thread P will always extend toward the front ofthe box and may be easily picked up by the operator. WVhen it is desiredto use a thread, a sufficient length is drawn out by pulling upon theend P, the spool turning easily upon the spindle, and by inserting thethread in the cutter M and drawing upon it the thread will be severed atthe desired point. I may of course have but one perforation in the arm Hfor holding the thread, but by having an upper and a lower perforationthe thread will be drawn from the spool through the lower perforationwithout interfering with the top of the spool, and by then passing itthrough the upper perforation the end of the thread is always in frontof the arm, where it may be easily seen and picked up, and the threadfrom spools in the rear can be drawn off without interfering with spoolsin front, as would be the case if the thread was drawn directly from thelower openings.

It will be obvious that various inodifieations may be made in the formof my improved thread holder and cutter Without departing from thespirit of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In awork-boxa series of rows of spool-holders, each having a centralspindle, an arm in the rear of and parallel with said spindle, a guideor perforation near the middle of the ANNIS E. GONETY.

Vitnesses:

D. E. WELLS, G. B. LEONARD.

